Route 8 from Bolton to Manchester

Route 8 from Bolton to Manchester, updated 3/21/24, 9:17 PM

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From 24 September 2023
Bolton
Moses Gate
Farnworth
Kearsley
Pendlebury
Irlams o’ th’ Height
Pendleton
Manchester
From 24 September
8
Times will change with Monday to
Saturday daytime journeys increased to
run every 12 minutes.
All journeys will also run to/from
Shudehill Interchange
PO Box 429, Manchester, M1 3BG
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Mon to Fri 7am to 5.30pm
Saturday 8.30am to 1.15pm and 2pm to 4pm
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Information and tickets office
Bolton Interchange
Monday to Friday: 7am – 5.30pm
Saturday: 8am – 5.30pm
Sunday and public holidays: Closed
Manchester Shudehill Interchange
Monday to Saturday: 7am – 6pm
Sunday: 8am – 1.15pm and 2pm – 4pm
Public holidays: 8am – 5.20pm
Bolton — Farnworth — Pendlebury — Pendleton — Manchester


8
Mondays to Fridays



















Bolton, Interchange
0415 0445 0505 0525 0535 0545 0553 0601 0613 0624 0636 0648 0658 0706 0721 0733 0745 0757 0811
Farnworth, Church Road
0425 0455 0516 0538 0548 0558 0606 0614 0626 0637 0649 0701 0711 0719 0734 0746 0758 0810 0824
Pendlebury, Social Club
0436 0506 0528 0550 0600 0610 0618 0628 0640 0651 0703 0715 0725 0737 0754 0806 0818 0830 0844
Salford Shopping Centre
0445 0515 0537 0600 0614 0624 0632 0646 0658 0710 0722 0734 0744 0756 0813 0825 0837 0849 0903
Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0509 0539 0601 0629 0642 0652 0700 0715 0727 0739 0751 0803 0814 0826 0843 0855 0907 0919 0932



















Bolton, Interchange
0827 0841 0853 0905 0917 and 1453 1505 1517
1529 1544 1559 1611
1625 1639 1651 1703 1715
1727
Farnworth, Church Road
0840 0854 0906 0918 0930 every 1506 1520 1535 1547 1602 1617
1629 1643 1657 1709 1721
1733 1743
Pendlebury, Social Club
0858 0912 0922 0933 0944 12
1520 1534 1549 1601 1616 1631
1643 1657 1711
1723 1735 1747 1757
Salford Shopping Centre
0917 0931 0937 0946 0957 mins 1533 1547 1602 1614 1629 1644 1656 1710 1724 1736 1748 1800 1810
Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0945 0959 1005 1014 1025 until
1601 1615 1630 1642 1657 1712
1724 1738 1752 1804 1816 1828 1838



















Bolton, Interchange
1739 1754 1809 1824 1839 1854 1909 1930 2000 and 2300






Farnworth, Church Road
1752 1807 1822 1837 1852 1907 1922 1943 2012 every 2312







Pendlebury, Social Club
1806 1821
1836 1851 1906 1921
1936 1957 2026 30
2326







Salford Shopping Centre
1819 1834 1849 1904 1917
1932 1947 2008 2036 mins 2336







Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 1847 1902 1917
1932 1941 1956 2011 2031 2059 until
2359


























Saturdays



















Bolton, Interchange
0540 0610 0630 0650 0710 0720 0730 0740 0750 0800 0810 0820 0830 0841 0853 0905 0917 0929 0941
Farnworth, Church Road
0552 0622 0642 0702 0722 0732 0742 0752 0802 0812 0823 0833 0843 0854 0906 0918 0930 0942 0954
Pendlebury, Social Club
0605 0635 0655 0715 0735 0745 0755 0805 0815 0826 0837 0847 0857 0908 0920 0932 0944 0956 1008
Salford Shopping Centre
0613 0643 0703 0723 0743 0753 0803 0813 0827 0838 0850 0900 0910 0921 0933 0945 0957 1009 1021
Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0628 0658 0720 0740 0801 0811 0821 0835 0851 0904 0916 0926 0937 0948 1000 1012 1024 1037 1049



















W– All bus 8 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details
Summer times: between mid July and early September, some timetables will be different. Check beenetwork.com for details






































Continues after route plan
Pendleton
Irlams o’
th’ Height
Pendlebury
Clifton
M6
0
M6
0
Sta
tion
Ro
ad
Church
Street
Pendleton
Church
Salford
Shopping
Centre
British
Legion
Windmill
Black
Horse
Bolton
Kearsley
Moses Gate
Farnworth
Trains to Manchester
Trains to
Darwen and
Blackburn
Trains to
Wigan and
Preston
8
Great Moor
Street
Newport
Street
Manchester
Trains to Bolton,
Wigan and
Preston
Trains to
Manchester
Piccadilly Station
Trams to
East Didsbury
Trains to
Rochdale and
West Yorkshire
Ch
ape
l
Str
eet
New
Bailey
Street
Bridge
Street
Trams to Bury
and Rochdale
Shudehill
Withy
Grove
Victoria Station Approach
Chapel
Street
Printworks
Arndale
Centre
8
Victoria
Bridge Street
Bolton Road
Bolton Road
Bolton
Road
Bolton Road
Market Street
Pilkington
Road
Sp
rin
gfi
eld
Ro
ad
Manchester Road
The
Crescent
Broad
Street
Rossall
Way
Manchester
Road
Bradshawgate
Co
rp
or
at
ion

St
re
et
John
Dalton
Street
Trams to Piccadilly
Station and Ashton
Trams to Manchester
Airport and Altrincham
Cr
os
s
St
re
et
De
an
sg
at
e
Hunt’s
Bank
St Mary’s
Gate
Oa
k
Str
eet
Bolton Interchange
Moses Gate
Salford Crescent
Salford Central
Victoria
Shudehill Interchange
Market Street
Piccadilly Gardens
Exchange Square
Key

Bus route

Train line

Tram line

Direction of travel

Bus station/connection point

Train station

Metrolink stop

Terminus
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Bolton — Farnworth — Pendlebury — Pendleton — Manchester


8
Saturdays (continued)





































Bolton, Interchange
0953 and 1617
1630 1645 1700 1715
1730 1745 1800 1830 1900 and 2300



Farnworth, Church Road
1006 every 1630 1643 1658 1713
1728 1743 1758 1813 1842 1912 every 2312




Pendlebury, Social Club
1020 12
1644 1657 1712
1727
1742 1757
1812
1827 1856 1926 30
2326




Salford Shopping Centre
1033 mins 1657 1710 1725 1740 1755 1810 1825 1840 1906 1936 mins 2336




Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 1101 until
1725 1738 1753 1808 1823 1838 1853 1905 1929 1959 until
2359























Sundays and public holidays (except Christmas and New Year period)



















Bolton, Interchange
0634 0734 0804 0834 0904 0934 0954 1014 and 1734 1800 and 2300




Farnworth, Church Road
0644 0744 0814 0844 0914 0944 1007 1028 every 1748 1812 every 2312





Pendlebury, Social Club
0657 0757 0827 0857 0927 0957 1021 1042 20
1802 1826 30
2326





Salford Shopping Centre
0707 0807 0837 0907 0937 1007 1031 1052 mins 1812
1836 mins 2336





Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0724 0824 0854 0924 0954 1024 1051 1112
until
1832 1854 until
2354























For details of buses during the Christmas and New Year period, please phone 0161 244 1000
W– All bus 8 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details




































Manchester — Pendleton — Pendlebury — Farnworth — Bolton


8
Mondays to Fridays





































Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0513 0543 0609 0624 0635 0647 0702 0716 and 0840 0857 and 1345 1357 1409 1422 1434 1447 1459
Salford Shopping Centre
0529 0559 0627 0642 0656 0708 0724 0738 every 0902 0919 every 1407 1421 1433 1446 1458 1515
1527
Pendlebury, Oak Street
0538 0608 0636 0651 0705 0718 0734 0748 12
0912 0929 12
1417
1431 1443 1456 1508 1525 1539
Farnworth, Market Street
0551 0621 0649 0704 0720 0734 0750 0804 mins 0928 0945 mins 1433 1447 1459 1512
1524 1541 1555
Bolton, Interchange
0603 0634 0704 0719 0735 0749 0805 0819 until 0943 1000 until
1448 1507 1519 1532 1544 1601 1617



















Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 1512
1524 1536 1549 1601 1615 1631
1647 1659 1714 1728 1743 1757
1808 1819 1831 1843 1855 1907
Salford Shopping Centre
1541 1553 1607 1622 1635 1649 1705 1721
1733 1746 1758 1812
1825 1833 1841 1853 1905 1918 1930
Pendlebury, Oak Street
1553 1605 1619 1634 1647 1701
1717
1733 1745 1758 1808 1822 1835 1843 1851 1903 1915 1927 1939
Farnworth, Market Street
1609 1621
1635 1650 1703 1717
1733 1749 1801 1814 1824 1838 1851 1859 1907 1919 1930 1941 1953
Bolton, Interchange
1629 1641 1655 1710 1723 1737
1753 1809 1820 1831 1841 1855 1906 1914 1922 1933 1942 1953 2005



















Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 1919 1931
1943 1955 2010 2030 2055 and 2355









Salford Shopping Centre
1942 1954 2006 2016 2031 2051 2116 every 0016








Pendlebury, Oak Street
1951 2003 2015 2025 2040 2100 2125 30
0025








Farnworth, Market Street
2005 2017 2029 2039 2054 2114 2139 mins 0039








Bolton, Interchange
2017 2029 2041 2051 2106 2126 2151 until 0051




























Saturdays





































Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0631 0701 0730 0745 0757 0809 0821 0833 0845 0857 0909 0921 0933 0945 0957 1009 1021 1029 1045
Salford Shopping Centre
0647 0717 0747 0802 0814 0828 0842 0854 0906 0918 0930 0942 0955 1007 1019 1031 1043 1055 1107
Pendlebury, Oak Street
0653 0723 0753 0808 0820 0837 0852 0904 0916 0928 0940 0952 1005 1017
1029 1041 1053 1105 1117
Farnworth, Market Street
0708 0738 0808 0823 0835 0852 0908 0920 0932 0944 0956 1008 1021 1033 1045 1057 1109 1121
1133
Bolton, Interchange
0721 0751 0821 0836 0848 0905 0922 0934 0947 0959 1011
1023 1036 1048 1100 1112
1124 1136 1148



















W– All bus 8 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details



















Summer times: between mid July and early September, some timetables will be different. Check beenetwork.com for details






































Manchester — Pendleton — Pendlebury — Farnworth — Bolton


8
Saturdays (continued)





































Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 1057 and 1733 1748 1803 1818 1833 1848 1903 1928 1958 2025 and 2355




Salford Shopping Centre
1119
every 1755 1810 1825 1840 1855 1910 1925 1949 2019 2046 every 0016



Pendlebury, Oak Street
1129
12
1805 1820 1835 1850 1905 1920 1934 1958 2028 2055 30
0025



Farnworth, Market Street
1145 mins 1821
1836 1851 1905 1920 1934 1948 2012 2042 2109 mins 0039



Bolton, Interchange
1200 until
1836 1851 1906 1920 1934 1948 2001 2024 2054 2121 until 0051























Sundays and public holidays (except Christmas and New Year period)



















Manchester, Shudehill Interchange 0735 0835 0905 0935 1005 1035 1057 and 1737
1757
1817
1837 1857 1925 and 2355


Salford Shopping Centre
0750 0850 0920 0950 1020 1054 1118
every 1758 1818 1836 1856 1916 1943 every 0013


Pendlebury, Oak Street
0759 0859 0929 0959 1029 1103 1128 20
1808 1827 1845 1905 1925 1952 30
0022

Farnworth, Market Street
0813 0913 0943 1013 1043 1117
1144 mins 1824 1841 1859 1919 1939 2004 mins 0034

Bolton, Interchange
0826 0926 0956 1027 1057 1131
1159 until
1839 1855 1913 1931
1951 2015 until 0045




















For details of buses during the Christmas and New Year period, please phone 0161 244 1000
W– All bus 8 journeys are run using easy access buses. See inside front cover of this leaflet for details